Key figure in HPS's direct lending team parts ways with the firm
HPS Investment Partners has lost a senior member of its direct lending team in Europe

Pemberton appoints head of Benelux and opens Amsterdam office
Pemberton Capital Advisors has expanded its presence in mainland Europe with the opening of an office in Amsterdam

Hermes adds ex-UBS official to private debt team
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a European leveraged finance specialist to its private debt team

Allianz GI expands private debt team with senior hire
The new hire will be responsible for developing Allianz GI’s mid-market debt offering across Germany

Muzinich poaches Neuberger Berman MD for top fund distribution role
Muzinich has hired a global head of distribution, according to an announcement today, picking up the role previously held by Joshua Hughes, who left for CIFC Asset Management in May

Proskauer expands restructuring practice with partner in London
Law firm Proskauer Rose has strengthened its restructuring capabilities with the appointment of Elisabeth Baltay as partner

Head of European private debt Bone earns promotion at Partners
Partners Group’s head of private debt in Europe, Christopher Bone, has been promoted to partner as one of 10 senior-level promotions announced by the firm

KKR promotes three European credit specialists to managing directors
KKR has promoted several members of its team to managing directors - including a former US CLO portfolio manager

Oddo appoints ex-Kartesia official to build private debt platform
Oddo BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German asset manager, has hired the former head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at private debt fund Kartesia Advisor, to help launch its own private debt platform

Fixed income heads join forces to launch macro credit fund manager in London
Resco Asset Management, a new asset manager based in London, has launched and set about marketing its debut fund: Resco Macro Credit Fund

REYL bolsters structured finance group with managing director hire
REYL, the Swiss bank, has strengthened its structured finance group by hiring a managing director in the corporate advisory and structuring team

BT pension fund appoints CEO
BT Pension Scheme Management, which has exposure to credit strategies run by Apollo, Ares and Hermes, has now appointed a CEO  

Direct lenders flock to Munich as German deal flow picks up
German private debt is attracting a growing number of fund managers. Market sources say that deal flow through the first half of the year was at 65% of 2017’s total and had surpassed the number of private debt deals executed by funds in each of the previous five years

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

Cairn adds to its SRT investment team in London
Cairn Capital has appointed Chris Cottrell as senior investment analyst

Cheyne hires ex-BlueBay official to its new loans business in London
Cheyne Capital Management has finalised the formation of its strategic value credit business with Richard Cazenove joining as partner and senior portfolio manager after leaving BlueBay Asset Management earlier this year

Hamilton Lane hires business development official in Munich as it seeks DACH expansion
Hamilton Lane has appointed Martina Schliemann as principal and head of business development in the DACH region, in a bid to expand its presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Family office CIO and ex-Kimura official launch new private debt firm
The chief investment officer of single-family office and an official who previously worked at Kimura Capital have joined forces to launch an asset management business

CVC Credit hires managing director to private debt team in London
CVC Credit Partners has strengthened its European private debt team with a hire from ESO Capital

Hermes appoints head of direct lending in London
Hermes Investment Management has a new head of direct lending. The experienced official now reports into Hermes's head of private debt and CLOs, Patrick Marshall

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

Partner in TPG's direct lending business leaves his role
Phil Fretwell has left his role as partner TPG Specialty Lending Europe, Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire has learned

Alcentra strengthens European direct lending team with hires
Alcentra has strengthened its European direct lending team with Sarah Madore, Maria Garcia Diego and Joanna Layton joining the firm's London-based lending unit.

CVC poaches Pemberton's head of investor relations
Global credit manager CVC Credit has appointed Mike Anderson as head of Investor Relations

Pemberton appoints head of business development
European direct lender Pemberton has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Antoine Josserand as head of business development